Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a half hours later,and they’re still sitting on the sofa?Talking?
What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have to talk about?
Betty shrugs.Talk?We’re friends.
Researching this matter called friendship,psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age,their job,their sex,the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend.Those who could were likely to name a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend,most trusted person,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危機(jī)).“Most women,”says Rubin,“identified at least one,usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.”For the most part,Rubin says,interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled-a good fit with  the social requirements of “manly behavior.”
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Robin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”
小題1:What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that_____.
A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband
B．women show little interest in ballgames
C．women have so much to share
D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to
小題2:Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to  turn to _____.
A．a(chǎn) male friend B．her parents C．a(chǎn) female friend D．her husband
小題3:According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A．Ending his marriage without good reason.
B．Complaining about his marriage trouble.
C．Spending too much time with his friends.
D．Going out to ballgames too often.
小題4:Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?
A．Women are more serious than men about marriage.
B．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.
C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.
D．Women depend on others in making decisions.
小題5:The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around_____.
A．friendships of men and women
B．happy and successful marriages
C．emotional problems in marriage
D．interactions between men and women

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:A      

小題1:C .細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第一段可知，使Harold迷茫不解的是當(dāng)他外出打球三個(gè)半小時(shí)后，發(fā)現(xiàn)妻子和她的朋友仍然坐在沙發(fā)上交談。他不明白為什么女人會(huì)有那么多東西相互分享。小題2:C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從短文最后看出當(dāng)一個(gè)女人發(fā)生感情危機(jī)時(shí)，她常常把這件事告訴自己的女性朋友。
小題3:B.這是一道細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從短文最后一句話可知一個(gè)男人如果不知道自己朋友的婚姻處于危機(jī)當(dāng)
中很正常，這也從反面說明了在一般情況下，男人不向自己的朋友抱怨自己的婚姻危機(jī)。
小題4:B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一句話可知男人幾乎不和自己的朋友分享自己的內(nèi)心世界。
小題5:A .概括題。通讀全文可以得出結(jié)論，心理學(xué)家Rubin的研究中心，研究的是有關(guān)男人和女人的朋友關(guān)系問題。
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A．whyB．howC．whatD．when
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For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping watching TV and buying things by phone.  (66)  In a number of Europe countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.
 (67)   For example, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 Europe countries, and in one year it made $100 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through those channels.
In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company.  (68)
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason, but at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping. (69) Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
 (70) They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.
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E. The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.
F. Teleshopping is popular among people.
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